Current Director

Jan Nederveen Pieterse
jnp@global.ucsb.edu

Former Directors

Paul Amar (2015)

Jan Nederveen Pieterse (2013 - 2015)

Alison Brysk (2010-2013)

Mark Juergensmeyer (2007-2011)

Giles Gunn, Ex-Chair, Global Studies (ex-oficio member)

Department Representatives

Anthropology: Casey Walsh
walsh@anth.ucsb.edu

Communication: Michael Stohl
mstohl@comm.ucsb.edu

Comparative Literature: Catherine Nesci
cnesci@frit.ucsb.edu

Education: Mary Betsy Brenner
betsy@education.ucsb.edu

English: Bishnupriya Ghosh
bghosh@english.ucsb.edu

Feminist Studies: Eileen Boris
boris@femst.ucsb.edu

Film and Media: Michael Curtin
mcurtin@filmandmedia.ucsb.edu

Geography: David López-Carr 
carr@geog.ucsb.edu

History: Nelson Lichtenstein
nelson@history.ucsb.edu

Linguistics: Mary Bucholtz
bucholtz@linguistics.ucsb.edu

Political Science: Jerry Cohen
bjcohen@polsci.ucsb.edu

Religion: Mayfair Yang  
yangm@religion.ucsb.edu

Sociology: G. Reginald Daniel
rdaniel@soc.ucsb.edu